different between halse vs halwe

English

Pronunciation

• (Northern England) IPA^(key): [ho?s], [ha?s], [ho?z]
• Rhymes: -??s

Etymology 1

From Middle English hals, from Old English heals (“neck, prow of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *kols-, *?ols- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch hals (“neck, throat”), German Hals (“neck, throat”), Norwegian hals (“neck, throat”), Swedish hals (“neck, throat”), Latin collum (“neck”).

Alternative forms

• hawse (Scotland)

Noun

halse (plural halses)

1. (anatomy, archaic) The neck; the throat.

Derived terms

• halseman

Etymology 2

From Middle English halsen, halchen, from Old English *halsian, *healsian (“to embrace”, literally “to fall upon the neck of”), from heals (“neck”). See above. Cognate with Old Saxon helsjen (“to embrace”), Old High German hals?n (German halsen (“to jibe”)), Icelandic hálsa (“to embrace”).

Alternative forms

• haulse
• halsh (dialectal)
• hawse, hose (Scotland)

Verb

halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)

1. (obsolete) To fall upon the neck of; embrace.

Related terms

• enhalse

Etymology 3

From Middle English halsen, halsien (“to beseech, adjure”), from Old English healsian, h?lsian (“to entreat earnestly, beseech, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *hailis?n? (“to greet”), from Proto-Indo-European *kailo-, *kailu- (“whole, safe”). Cognate with Middle High German heilsen (“to predict”), Swedish hälsa (“to greet”), Icelandic heilsa (“to salute”). More at whole, hailse.

Verb

halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)

1. (transitive) To greet; salute; hail.
2. (transitive) To beseech; adjure.

Related terms

• halsen
• halseny
• hazeney
• hazon

Etymology 4

From Middle English hals (“neck”), from Old Norse háls (“neck, part of the forecastle or bow of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”). See Etymology 1. Cognate with Danish hals (“neck, tack”).

Alternative forms

• hawse

Noun

halse (plural halses)

1. Alternative form of hawse

Verb

halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)

1. (obsolete) To haul; to hoist.

Anagrams

• Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, heals, leash, selah, shale, sheal

Danish

Noun

halse c

1. indefinite plural of hals

Verb

halse (imperative hals, infinitive at halse, present tense halser, past tense halsede, perfect tense har halset)

1. bark

   Hunden halser: The dog is barking

2. rush

   halse efter: rush after

Synonyms

• (bark): gø

Middle English

Verb

halse

1. Alternative form of halsen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• halewe, halow, halowe, haluwe, halu, halghe, haligh, halogh, halege, hal?e, hal?æ, hal?en, halhe

Etymology

From Old English h?lga (“holy man, saint”).

Noun

halwe (plural halwes)

1. saint
2. The shrine of a saint.
   • Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, 13:14

     And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes / To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes.

     And palmers to go seeking out strange strands, / To distant shrines well known in distant lands.

Descendants

• English: hallow
• Scots: hallae

References

• “halwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Anagrams

• whale, wheal